Southern Cal Kendo Federation to hold memorial tournament, Jan 30

Cultural News Email Daily   Cultural News Email Daily is edited by Shige Higashi of Cultural News in Los Angeles, California. The goal of Cultural News is to tie together with enthusiasts of Japanese culture in Southern California. The indexing at www.culturalnews.com is most comprehensive source of Japanese culture in the region. This is a membership site. Join Cultural News Club! Southern Cal Kendo Federation to hold a memorial tournament in Torrance, Jan 30 Yutaka Kubota Sensei On Sunday, January 30, 2011, the Southern California Kendo Federation will be holding the Kubota Memorial Tournament at the Dee Hardison Sports Center located in Wilson Park of Torrance, 2400 Crenshaw Ave, Torrance, CA 90501. The tournament, which is held every 3 years, is in memory of Yutaka Kubota Sensei. He was one of the pioneers of Kendo in the United States and also helped establish Kendo in Southern California.Southern California Kendo Federation is one of the largest federations in the United States. This tournament will feature some of best kendoists in the United States, as well as current and future Team USA members. Kendo, which means the way of the sword, is one of the lesser known of the martial arts. With recent success of Team USA (2nd place at the last two World Kendo Championships), Kendo is becoming more popular with people of all different cultural backgrounds. Also, Kendo does not have limits as to age, currently having students and instructors ranging from 4 to 89 years old. For more information, visit the Southern California Kendo Federation website: www.eanet.com/sckf

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Reminder: Family Holiday Concert by Grateful Crane in Torrance, Dec 12

Cultural News Email Daily   Cultural News Email Daily is edited by Shige Higashi of Cultural News in Los Angeles, California. The goal of Cultural News is to tie together with enthusiasts of Japanese culture in Southern California. The indexing at www.culturalnews.com is most comprehensive source of Japanese culture in the region. This is a membership site. Join Cultural News Club!   "I Saw Baachan Kissing Santa Claus" Grateful Crane Holiday Concert Coming to Torrance on December 12   The Grateful Crane Ensemble (GCE) will be celebrating the season with its first ever holiday concert and CD launch party on Sunday, December 12 at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Toyota Meeting Hall in Torrance.   Entitled "I Saw Baachan Kissing Santa Claus," the concert will feature the Scott Nagatani Band and the Grateful Crane holiday singers who will be singing all 20 songs from GCE's brand new holiday CD.   "This show is kind of like a JA holiday potluck," said Soji Kashiwagi, Executive Producer of GCE.    "Everyone in the family brings their best dishes and wishes to the table, and the end result is something everyone enjoys.  In that sense, holiday cheer is what we'll be serving-in abundance."   Holiday favorites performed during the show include White Christmas, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, O Holy Night, Baby, It's Cold Outside, Silent Night, I'll be Home for Christmas, I Saw Baachan Kissing Santa Claus, The Christmas Song, Grown up Christmas List and more.  Grateful Crane's Kurt Kuniyoshi also will be singing the theme song from the popular Korean drama, Winter Sonata in Korean, English and Japanese.   Performers in the show include:  Kerry Keiko Carnahan, Jason Fong, Loryce Hashimoto, Haruye Ioka, Lisa Joe, Keiko Kawashima, Hideo Kimura, Darrell Kunitomi, Kurt Kuniyoshi, Aimee Machida, Merv Maruyama, Helen Ota, Michael Palma, Fusako Shiotani and a special guest appearance by the Songbird of Manzanar, Mary Kageyama Nomura. The Scott Nagatani Band includes Scott on piano, Danny Yamamoto on drums/percussion, Gordon Bash on bass and Lisa Joe on keyboards.   After the concert, attendees will have an opportunity to purchase the CD and meet the cast and musicians.   The Toyota Meeting Hall at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center is located at 3330 Civic Center Drive in Torrance.  Plenty of free parking is available.  General admission tickets for the concert are $25.00.  For a group of ten or more, tickets are $22.00.   For reservations, call the Grateful Crane hotline at (323) 769-5503.  (Leave a message and someone will call you back.)

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TH Daily - December 12 - Doug Giles, David Stokes, Steve Chapman, Salena Zito, Ken Blackwell and More

10 Man Gifts for Christmas (Plus One) Doug Giles: Herewith are my suggestions for what to get the man on your list who doesn't mind being a man ... more Oxbridge Blues David Stokes: Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, picked the wrong moment to drive down Regent Street in London en route to a Royal Variety performance the other night. ... more Left and Right, Fooled by Obama Steve Chapman: Smart women know that if a guy is sending mixed signals -- promising to call but never getting around to it, making dates and then canceling, professing warm feelings but not introducing you to his friends -- it can mean only one thing: He's just not that into you. ... more Compromising Positions Salena Zito: If your attention is diverted for the briefest of moments as you walk along North Mill Street's red-brick sidewalk, you easily could miss the former law office of Henry Clay. ... more Hillary's Bad Hair Week Ken Blackwell: Hillary Clinton was designated as having "the worst week in Washington" a week ago. ... more Score One for Judeo-Christian Culture John Bennett: Multiculturalism creates a neurotic and dishonest society. This is seen very plainly during the Christmas season. ... more Big Government Economics Is Dead (Again) Austin Hill: Does the government confiscation of private wealth stifle economic growth, or does government manage our money to better ends and produce greater economic results than private individuals? ... more The Fine Art of Seduction Ken Connor: The victors of the 2010 midterm elections haven't even been sworn into office and already they are being initiated into the ways of Washington – a world where money buys influence and careerism trumps constituent service. ... more Why Liberals Honor Treason & Hate America? Kevin McCullough: The lessons we need to learn from the Bradley Manning episode are pretty serious. ... more Get back to work Paul Jacob: Job No. 1 doesn't really change. It always has something to do with "eternal vigilance." ... more		Holbrooke critical after surgery for torn aorta President praying for Holbrooke's recovery Obama to discuss job creation Wednesday with CEOs Tax cut deal moves McConnell beyond Sen. 'No' Obama Isn't Clinton Carol Platt Liebau Cupcakes Commercial Yanked Over Racism Complaints Guy Benson Surreal: Obama Turns White House Presser Over to...Bill Clinton Guy Benson Obama Forced to Defend Tax Compromise Lefty Infighting: MSNBC Liberals Scream at Each Other Debate: Is the Death Tax Fair? Bill O'Reilly Discusses the Far Left in America CCAGW EXPRESSES OUTRAGE OVER HARRY'S HANDOUT TO HARRAH'S Read My Lips... No New Spending! The Return of Nature? Quotation du Jour Woman extradited to Ala. in child deaths case APNews Kosovars take to polls in critical vote APNews American lawmakers press China ahead of talks APNews Iraqi officials say 17 killed in car bomb blast APNews Edwards' comfort, advice remembered at funeral APNews APNews Madoff's eldest son hangs himself in NYC apartment APNews Royal photos show relaxed, loving William and Kate APNews Explosions kill 1, injure 2 in central Stockholm APNews Gunbattle kills 11 in western Mexican town APNews O'Reilly: Keep Christ in Unemployment Glick: Why Latin America Turned Driessen: Do You Believe In Magic Numbers? Dick Morris: Obama's Compromise Is Retreat, Not Triangulation Bozell: The Diseases of Pornography Elder: The WikiLeaks Vindication of George W. Bush Tucker: Americans Must Limit Size of Government Bandes: Far-Right Republicans Don't Hold the Line on Earmarks Ban Malkin: Homegrown Hate Crimes Against our Troops Galen: When Your Enemy is Destroying Himself …
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